Hammock holder or stand



(No ModeL) O. L. RUDD & E. J-. MANNING.

HAMMOOK HOLDER 0R STAND.

No. 320,174. Patented June 16, 1885.

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@NHYE CHARLES L. RUDD AND EBEN J. MAXNING, OF LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA.

HAMMOCK HOLDER OR STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,174, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed February 13,1SR5. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES L. RUDD and EBEN J. MANNING, citizens of the United States, residing at Lake City, in the county 5 of vVabasha and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammock Holders or Stands; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective of the hammock-stand, showing it extended and 5 in position for use; Fig. 2, a similar View showing the same folded; and Fig. 3, a detail view of a modification of the means for holding the transverse supports extended.

The present invention has relation to that C class of folding hammock supports or stands in which are employed side rails connected by braces to form the base of the stand or support, and folding standards pivoted to the base and held extended by guy-ropes. In the 5 above class of stands or supports it was common to provide the rail or rails with transverse supports pivoted thereto, in order to bring them in a longitudinal direction with the rail or rails when the support or stand is o to be folded and not in use. It was also common to connect such standards in a manner that would admit of their adjustment to increase or diminish the height thereof, so that either end of the hammock could be raised or 5 lowered.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of the above class of hammocks; and it consists in the employment of two parallel bars provided with transo verse pivoted supports, and pivoting the ad 5 in position; also, in providing pivoted notched stays to engage with the transverse supports to hold them extended, substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed. These several objects we attain o by the construction substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent two parallel bars, upon the under side of which are pivoted the transverse supports C, V

pins a are standards D, provided at their upper ends with hooks b, for securing thereto the hammock. Pivoted to the outer sides and ends of the bars B O, and to the sides of the standards 1), are braces E, adapted to permit the folding of the standards over upon the upper side of the bars. Connected to the upper ends of the standards D are guy-ropes 0, arranged to be tightly drawn by pressure upon the hammock-stand when adjusted, said ropes adapted to be quickly and easily dotached from the transverse supports C when the stand is to be folded, the ropes engaging with the ends of the supports by entering slits d therein.

In Figs. 1 and 2 we have shown metal bars F, of semicircular form, secured to the parallel bars A upon their outer sides, and extending out therefrom horizontally, and by means of pins (1 the transverse supports C are held extended; but when not in use the pins are withdrawn, thus allowing the supports to be brought lengthwise of the bars, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 we have shown a modification of the above described means for holding the supports extended in atransverse position,which consists of the stays G, pivoted at one end to the side of the supports C, their opposite or free ends being notched, as shown at e, to fit over the upper edge of the parallel bars A B. The guy-ropes are to be formed of one continuous rope, and are preferably connected to the standards D by passing through slots therein, the ends of the rope being fastened together by means of a hook and eye.

In folding the hammock-stand the pins a are withdrawn and the guy-ropes loosened; also the transverse supports C released from their fastenings, which will admit of the standards D, braces E, and the supports being folded in the position shown in Fig. 2, the hooks b be ing detached from the standards for this purpose.

The hammockstand being constructed as above described, the strain will be equally divided, while it is capable of being made very light and easily transported, it requiring but little space in transporting it. The two parallel bars A 13 form braces or trusses for the stand ards D, and as the standards are located between the bars at their pivotal connection, the latter serve to hold the standards from lateral sway or pressure on the pivots, thus forming a much stronger and more durable support for the hammock.

In order to admit one of the standards being lowered to adjust its height, a series of holes, f, are provided at one end of the bars A B, in which-the bolt a is inserted, thus enabling the hammock to be raised at one end and lowered at the other to change it, when desired, from a horizontal plane to that of an incline plane.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a portable hammock-stand, two parallel bars connected together and two transverse supports pivoted to the under side thereof, and means for holding the supports extended, in combination with standards pivoted to and between the parallel bars, and capable of adjustment to increase or diminish their height, braces pivoted to the bars and standards, and guy-ropes connecting the latter and to the supports, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a portable hammock-stand, two parallel bars provided with adjustable and pivoted standards and pivoted braces, in combination with pivoted transverse supports and pivoted notched stays adapted to engage with the bars to hold the supports extended, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the pres ence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. RUDD. EBEN J. MANNING. Vitnesses:

J. MANNING, N. O. PIKE. 

